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Animalmother wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 20, 2023 3:20 pm

About as likely as either of those states banning guns.

Texas, sure, but bear in mind that Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida is a Republican presidential candidate. He has a vested interest in taking Trump off the ballot.

I think Florida and Texas could be ones to watch, as they’re two of the Big Four electoral college states (the other two being New York and California, but they haven’t voted Republican since the 80s). If either of those ban him from running, he’s toast.

It’s only 7am and this has already made my day.

Elder Scrolls Online? Yeah, different engine which has none of the physics or object tracking that Creation has.

They don’t stop developing, they ramp up team size. That's not a quick solution, though. Speaking from experience, simply upping the size of a development team does not typically increase development speed for maybe 2 years. And especially if you're changing the engine, which is what everything els...

The Creation engine is the problem, but the feasibility of replacing it is arguably a bigger problem. It took them several years to improve the engine for Starfield, so they could be looking at 5 to 10 years to develop a new one from scratch that does everything Creation does, performs well, offers ...

I saw it as more of a targeted response to comments about how Starfield shouldn’t have area transitions or should have had X feature because another game has that feature, when realistically that was never going to be feasible for Starfield. But yeah, I agree that their overly-defensive stance is a ...

While there is a reasonable point in what he's saying, it's probably one of those situations where keeping shtum is the wiser option.

While we’re on a delivery rant, Amazon’s tracking system seems to have gone completely to pot in the last few weeks. I’ve had a few deliveries and the delivery time slot has been completely wrong on all of them, and if the map appears when they’re 8 stops away (not a guarantee, apparently), it’ll sh...

I'm 39 and my beard has enough white that soon I'll be able to pass for a dishevelled, misanthropic Santa.

I'm assuming no game today, but I'll be available if there's a last minute change.

I don't actually use Whatsapp but I'll cave and install it if it's easier for everyone.

Bear in mind that Star Citizen is a PC exclusive because, according to its developers, they couldn't put it on consoles even if they wanted to. On the other hand, Starfield had to work on a Series S. The Creation engine does need replacing from scratch, but I don't think you can really compare Bethe...

On a personal note there are things I like about Starfield but I didn't play a huge amount as I think I've started to tire of the Bethesda style of storytelling. Starfield is the first Bethesda game where I've not enjoyed the story, which for me is why it's not as compelling as their previous games...